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Service was amazing. We were seated quickly and the food was delicious! Highly recommended. Great service, amazing food. Great time!

My family and I have eaten from this place many times and the food is actually very good but the service and their attitudes are not! The only thing that they have going for them is the quality of the food but otherwise they really need to work on their customer service.

I went to Malecon because it was recommended to me by a friend of mine who enjoys their food. The restaurant itself isn't badly designed, but it's a bit too crowded. I ordered the Mofongo with fried pork (recommended to me), and my friend ordered half a chicken with yellow rice and black beans. The service is absolutely horrible. They take forever to take your order and bring it to you. We waited for about a half hour for our food to come, and it came practically cold. The Mofongo was disgusting. It had way too much garlic and the pork wasn't cooked properly. If you go, stick to chicken, rice, and beans. The only positive thing about Malecon is their prices. With all the food we ordered we only paid $18.00 plus tip.

On the plus side they make nice yucca and pickled onions, a good dominican coffee and a nice chicken. On the down side the service is quick but brusque. Your coffee comes in a paper cup (Rosita's always came in a mug) and the black beans and yellow rice can be watery and greasy. The chicken/rice/beans is much better at Flor de Mayo, but the atmosphere is calmer here. I still miss La Rosita!

Malecon No. 2 has those dope foods. The boneless chicken chunks meal is made up of flawless white meat, and comes with a heavy helping of rice and beans. With tip included, one boneless chicken chunk meal comes out to a cool fifteen dollars and easily fills two people up. If you're tyring to spend $7.50 for a pleasant full give the folks over at Malecon No. 2 a call and let them what you're craving.

Malecon has some of the best caribbean/dominican food on the upper west side. The chicken is fresh and juicy, rice & beans are excellent. Good plantains. Lots of tasty stuff on the menu. Very nice portions and cheap price. Like another reviewer said, the food did used to be better back-in-the-day, but so was everything else in nyc. Despite that, the food is still great and better than a lot of other places. Unfortunately the joint isn't too big and its usually crowded so its not the kinda place you'd go on a date to or anything. But it does look decent inside, they've got a flat-screen in the back and all. It feels like more of a take-out kind of place. As for the people who said the food sucked, well they probably have no idea what real caribbean food tastes like. I don't know what to say, its one of the best joints on the upper-west, you should at least try it once and see for yourself.

I have to admit the chicken (esp the mofongo!) is GREAT. I generally don't mind a little abuse over the phone when ordering delivery as long as I get what I ordered and the food is delicious. So the terrible manners doesn't always deter me. But there are two reasons why I often skip ordering from here. First, when I call in I usually am put on hold at least 4 times and each time I have to start all over with my order shouting, of course. Sometimes I just don't feel like dealing with the hassle. Second, they don't accept credit card. I don't think small businesses realize how much business they lose by not accepting credit cards. I don't care if I am charged the $2 fee they are charged...I'm willing to pay the extra for the convenience and the chicken.